- Seller Inventory #: 001490
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Edition: Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Hawthorn Books
- Place: New York, NY
- Date published: 1948
- Keywords: FICTION HISTORICAL ROMANCE ENGLAND WILLIAMSBURG VIRGINIA WORLD WAR ONE WWI
New York, NY: Hawthorn Books, 1948 10th printing. Fifth book of the "Williamsburg Novels"; chronicling the Day/Sprague/Campion families. Mild rubbing to spine and corner ends; straight, tight spine, pages clean, appears unread. Dust jacket has faint signs of foxing/soiling, sunning to spine, chipping along top edge, heavier chipping/small tears to spine ends.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
